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Example sentences for: stifling

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I guess that pushed to the wall, I would choose school choice, if only because schools have suffered from the same kind of stifling bureaucratic climate that has so hindered so many public services.
He ducks his chin onto his chest, bobs his head back and forth, gulps as if stifling a burp, then suddenly lifts his head and expresses a thought that not only seems to have just occurred to him, but which also seems to have struggled with conflicting emotions before emerging.
It is charged (by knee-jerk Slate haters and paid apologists for our rivals) that by including a free umbrella with each subscription to Slate , we are attempting to extend our current dominant position in online poetry-read-aloud into the market for umbrellas, thereby stifling innovation in this crucial field.
Rokko, which offers a wide range of natural and man-made attractions To escape the stifling heat of summer, everyone except the super-fit takes the ten-minute cable car ride to the top.
Among other things, the Justice Department accused the company of stifling competition by requiring business partners to sign exclusionary contracts, colluding with Netscape to divide the browser market, and eventually bundling Internet Explorer with Windows to wrest control of that market.